Ancient Egypt for KidsHouse of Life

The House of Life was a place in each
ancient Egyptian town of size where priests learned to read and
write, the place where scribe school was held, and the place
where the children of the rich and the elite went to school to
learn economics, law, astronomy, geography, mathematics. As well,
it was where the interpretation of dreams was taught. The House
of Life was not a monastery. It was an educational center.
Scholars and students at the House of Life made copies of the
Book of Dead and offered these individual sheets for sale to
support the center. Monies and goods also flowed from the very rich,
who paid for their children to attend school.